The staff was trained on advocacy and had the opportunity to go to Capitol Hill and visit with Rep. Steve Womack on middle school issues. In addition, the McNair staff gave a presentation on building a cohesive culture in a middle school.

The McNair staff also participated in professional development that showcased best practices from across the United States.

The criteria for being named a National School to Watch include:1. Academic Excellence2. Developmental Responsiveness3. Social Equity4. Strong Organizational Support

The Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce Transportation Sub-Committeesponsored the 2012 Spring
Transportation Initiative Award (TIA) Competition on May 11th,
2012. The competition was designed to recognize Fayetteville's young
leaders who demonstrate outstanding initiative and creativity in the field of
transportation. 8th grade Gateway to Technology and Career Orientation students
from Ramay and Woodland Junior Highs competed for the award.

Students formed teams which were sponsored by a teacher. Each team selected one of the following
transportation-related issues as the theme for their presentation:

Save the dollar -
Influencing national, state and local legislation to save the shrinking
transportation funding dollar.

Change the future now - How
my generation will improve transportation and reduce environmental impacts.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle -
Rethinking transportation and the materials it uses and consumes

"The Fayetteville Transportation
Committee is happy to host the Second Fayetteville Transportation Initiative
Award Competition," said Committee Chairman Mike Burns. "The students
competing are a new generation with innovative thinking and exciting new ideas
to help tackle transportation challenges both for today and in the years to
come."

The teams prepared
presentations that showed their insight, education, possible solutions,
motivation or any combination thereof to demonstrate their initiative and
creativity to the transportation related issue
they had chosen. Each team had two to five minutes to make their presentation
showcasing their creative talents to a panel of judges. The judges were Mike
Burns, Chairman of the Transportation Committee and from Crafton Tull &
Associates, Kip Guthrie, Past Chair of the Committee and from Jacobs
Engineering, Ray Boudreaux of
Fayetteville Executive Airport, Steve Clark, Chamber President & CEO, Curtis Champion from Woodland, and Matt Wilson from Ramay.

Harmon Field is a busy place this summer, as construction crews are tackling a number of projects. Click here to see a slideshow.

The synthetic turf on the field is being replaced, and the running track is being removed. The new turf will extend from the west bleachers to the east bleachers. A new track facility with an eight-lane track is being built at Ramay Jr. High that will serve as the district's competition track.

The Bulldog Activity & Recreation Center (BARC) is being created utilizing the current indoor practice facility and the Alan Fahring Center buildings.

The first shipment of local produce from area farmers arrived today for use in the Summer Feeding Program at the Owl Creek School. Cobblestone Farm provided 65 lbs of blackberries, 55 lbs of cabbage, and 10 lbs of radishes. Natural Walk Farm provided 40 lbs of yellow squash and 20 lbs of zucchini. Shumate Farm provided a shipment of beef.

The Special Services Department of the Fayetteville School District will be destroying inactive special education records that are over five years old. If you or your child received special education services and were dismissed from services, moved away from the Fayetteville School District, or graduated during the 2006-2007 school year and you would like copies of your inactive special education records, please contact Debbie Strange or Angela Carney in the Special Services office at 479-444-3000 before June 27, 2012.